Shear dynamics of confined membranes

Thomas Le Goff (1) , Tung To (2) , Olivier Pierre-Louis (3)

1 IBDM - Institut de Biologie du Développement de Marseille
2 UFF - Universidade Federal Fluminense [Rio de Janeiro]
3 iLM - MMCI - iLM - Modélisation de la matière condensée et des interfaces

Inspired by biolubrication, we model the nonlinear dynamics of lipidic membranes sheared between two walls. Several regimes are found with different wrinkle patterns, leading to a non-monotonous contribution of the membrane to the friction force.

Domains: Engineering Sciences [physics]; Chemical Sciences; Physics [physics]

Thomas Le Goff, Tung To, Olivier Pierre-Louis. Shear dynamics of confined membranes. Soft Matter, 2021, ⟨10.1039/D1SM00322D⟩. ⟨hal-03248405⟩